A Thai woman tied incense and candles to the front license plate of her car and it didn’t end well for her white Toyota Vios.

Janjira Thiangyoo, 24, lit the candles and incense as part of a prayer to Chinese ancestors, leaving them burning on the license plate of the car which was parked in her apartment building car park while she went to have a shower before work.

Luckily a maid at the complex spotted the fire as it broke out and alerted a gardener who was able to put out the fire with a hose before the car was completely destroyed.

Police were then called who noted that the front of the car had been badly damaged by the fire.

The incident took place at the Ban Mor Apartment building in Kamphaeng Phet yesterday morning which is a day people of Chinese decent mark with offerings to their ancestors.